Nature Communications · 2024
Intermediate soil acidification induces highest nitrous oxide emissions
Qiu, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, K., Xu, X., Zhao, Y., Bai, T., Zhao, Y., Wang, H., Sheng, X., Bloszies, S. +16
, Gillespie, C. J., He, T., Wang, Y., Chen, H., Guo, L., Song, H., Ye, C., Wang, Y., Woodley, A., Guo, J., Cheng, L., Bai, Y., Zhu, Y., Hallin, S., Firestone, M. K., Hu, S.
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Abstract
Global potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions from soil are accelerating, with increases in the proportion of reactive nitrogen emitted as N 2 O, i.e., N 2 O emission factor (EF). Yet, the primary controls and underlying mechanisms of EFs remain unresolved. Based on two independent but complementary global syntheses, and three field studies determining effects of acidity on N 2 O EFs and soil denitrifying microorganisms, we show that soil pH predominantly controls N 2 O EFs and emissions by affecting the denitrifier community composition. Analysis of 5438 paired data points of N 2 O emission fluxes revealed a hump-shaped relationship between soil pH and EFs, with the highest EFs occurring in moderately acidic soils that favored N 2 O-producing over N 2 O-consuming microorganisms, and induced high N 2 O emissions. Our results illustrate that soil pH has a unimodal relationship with soil denitrifiers and EFs, and the net N 2 O emission depends on both the N 2 O/(N 2 O + N 2 ) ratio and overall denitrification rate. These findings can inform strategies to predict and mitigate soil N 2 O emissions under future nitrogen input scenarios.
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Global potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions from soil are accelerating, with increases in the proportion of reactive nitrogen emitted as N 2 O, i.e., N 2 O emission factor (EF). Yet, the primary controls and underlying mechanisms of EFs remain unresolved. Based on two independent but complementary global syntheses, and three field studies determining effects of acidity on N 2 O EFs and soil denitrifying microorganisms, we show that soil pH predominantly controls N 2 O EFs and emissions by affecting the denitrifier community composition. Analysis of 5438 paired data points of N 2 O emission fluxes revealed a hump-shaped relationship between soil pH and EFs, with the highest EFs occurring in moderately acidic soils that favored N 2 O-producing over N 2 O-consuming microorganisms, and induced high N 2 O emissions. Our results illustrate that soil pH has a unimodal relationship with soil denitrifiers and EFs, and the net N 2 O emission depends on both the N 2 O/(N 2 O + N 2 ) ratio and overall denitrification rate. These findings can inform strategies to predict and mitigate soil N 2 O emissions under future nitrogen input scenarios.
Global potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions from soil are accelerating, with increases in the proportion of reactive nitrogen emitted as N 2 O, i.e., N 2 O emission factor (EF). Yet, the primary controls and underlying mechanisms of EFs remain unresolved. Based on two independent but complementary global syntheses, and three field studies determining effects of acidity on N 2 O EFs and soil denitrifying microorganisms, we show that soil pH predominantly controls N 2 O EFs and emissions by affecting the denitrifier community composition. Analysis of 5438 paired data points of N 2 O emission fluxes revealed a hump-shaped relationship between soil pH and EFs, with the highest EFs occurring in moderately acidic soils that favored N 2 O-producing over N 2 O-consuming microorganisms, and induced high N 2 O emissions. Our results illustrate that soil pH has a unimodal relationship with soil denitrifiers and EFs, and the net N 2 O emission depends on both the N 2 O/(N 2 O + N 2 ) ratio and overall denitrification rate. These findings can inform strategies to predict and mitigate soil N 2 O emissions under future nitrogen input scenarios.
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